Ryan Ginstrom wrote:

> "mr.sumo snr." <mr_sumo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bt1cb3$1raq0$1@ID-141600.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > This of course sets up a great tv-special profiling Akebono's attempts to
> > recover from this humiliation. He gets back into serious training -
> > including shedding at least 30-40 kgs - and all the time the camera will
> cut
> > away to showed pained expressions on his wife's face etc.
>
> It was probably good for both their careers. Now Sapp gets a new image as a
> real fighter instead of just a yajuu, and he'll probably get a few more big
> purses. Meanwhile, everybody will want to see Akebono at least one more
> time, to see if he actually learns how to throw a punch.

The man must care more about finances than his health:

http://tinyurl.com/2z6mw

K-1 Akebono vs. Tyson at MSG
Posted by fightworld

K-1 told the Japanese press that they will utilize their working contract with
Mike Tyson inside the United States.

An insane rumor of Mike Tyson fighting at MSG against his "largest" opponent
yet is now.

It's not Sapp, it's Akebono (regardless of his 12/31/03 outcome with Sapp).

Madison Square Garden is the proposed site for a summer 2004 show in which
Tyson would make his K-1 entrance against the Sumo legend.

> So a few more oku lined up for both, not to mention the commercial deals
> etc.

Akebono still needs to develop more of a TV personality if he wants to be like
Sapp, Konishiki or Mainoumi.

> In fact, the results were so perfect

Did you think it was that good? They could have been standing at arm's length
trading fast punches at each other's heads like Don Frye.

> that -- dare I say it -- I even suspected a bit of the "Y" word. D'ya think?
> Nah, of course not. Not on Japanese tv.

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